Matt Stiles is data editor on NPR News Applications team.
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UPDATE: Esri added its own interesting and useful take on these ZIP codes on Tuesday. You can also download some of the data used in this post here. This is by no means a comprehensive list of interesting ZIP codes. Perhaps the biggest donor in American politics, he vowed last year to spend as much as $100 million to defeat President Obama. The 89109 ZIP includes many of the city's marquee casinos, and it's likely that much of the campaign funds came from one source: Casino executive Sheldon Adelson.
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Residents and political action committees in this Las Vegas ZIP code spent more money in the latest election cycle than they did anywhere else - $96 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan watchdog group. The One With The Big Spenders: 89109 ( map) The reverse is true in 02562 (Sagamore Beach, Mass.), where 99 percent of the population is white. The population in 38639 (Jonestown, Miss.) is 99 percent black. See other diverse counties here.Īmong The Least Diverse: 38639 ( map) & 02562 ( map) The population broke down along these lines: Asian, 20.4 percent black, 15.8 percent Hispanic, 27.4 percent white, 29.2 percent and multiracial, 5.2 percent.
Race and ethnic groups are more evenly distributed here than in most places, meaning residents are more likely to encounter people who are different.
This North Sacramento, Calif., ZIP code is among the most diverse in the country, Business Insider reported last year. It boasts 1,400 people in that area, though, pushing its residents-per-square mile rate to the top of the list, according to Esri. The Tiniest: 11109 ( map)Ī two-block area across the East River from Manhattan, this ZIP code in Long Island City is among the smallest in the country - at a tenth of one square mile. Next on the most-populous list is 60629 in Chicago. But El Paso's includes large, residential neighborhoods on the city's east side. In many cities, ZIP codes cover small areas. The population in this El Paso ZIP code exceeds 114,000, according to the Census Bureau's "zip code tabulation area" database, which contains population and demographic statistics. It sits about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, Nev. The area experienced a boom in the early part of the 20th century after silver was discovered there. At 10,000 square miles, it's a little larger than the state of Maryland. This rural area in Tonopah, Nev., has the largest ZIP code in the lower 48 states. Brenda and Brandon Walsh moving to "Beverly Hills, 90209" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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This ZIP code covers posh Beverly Hills, Calif., and was also the title of a popular teen TV drama series in the 1990s. The national average number of businesses in a ZIP code, by contrast, is 188. Those businesses employ more than 136,000 people. This New York City ZIP code includes the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan and, according to the Census Bureau, contains more businesses than any other in the U.S.: 7,227.
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Census Bureau and Esri, a leading geographic software company: The One With The Most Businesses: 10001 ( map) Here are nine worth noting, based on data compiled by the U.S. In recognition of the anniversary (and because we are geeky), we've examined the list of more than 40,000 ZIP codes. Since then, the codes have assumed a role in the identities of many Americans, helping to define where they live or work. Postal Service began using the five-digit codes on July 1, 1963, hoping they would improve the efficiency and speed of mail sorting. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Zone Improvement Plan, the network of ZIP codes we use for everything from mail delivery to credit card security. Each black dot represents the geometric center of a ZIP code.
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